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To: independentmind
"My message is that the domestic life is not a sacrificial life and that one's education is never wasted--you can use it every day."

That's a wonderful message, as true today as ever.

The dramatic social changes that she desires, though, are simply not reasonably achievable goals. Men and women haven't changed over the last 50 years; men and women haven't changed much in the last 50,000 years. What has changed is our technology and our standards of living.

If we really want to move toward her goals, though, we can change some of our laws. We can experiment with tougher divorce laws. We can less aggressively intervene in domestic disputes. And although it might take a Constitutional amendment, we can even tax women who work at a higher rate than men who work. Hell, with a Constitutional amendment, we could even make it illegal for women to work outside of the home.

But how could we uninvent modern devices for contraception? Unless we also uninvent all of our modern means of communication and travel, how could we even sensibly try to outlaw them?

5 posted on 06/22/2003 10:05:54 AM PDT by Scenic Sounds
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To: Scenic Sounds
But how could we uninvent modern devices for contraception? Unless we also uninvent all of our modern means of communication and travel, how could we even sensibly try to outlaw them?

Did I miss something? Where does Graglia mention outlawing contraception? In fact, if you read her book, she is quite supportive of contraception within the boundaries of marriage.

7 posted on 06/22/2003 10:09:21 AM PDT by independentmind
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To: Scenic Sounds
We can experiment with tougher divorce laws.

Please keep your ridiculous experiments out of my life thank you very much. I can't think of anything that would kill off Marriage quicker than for some pompous politician to start playing with these socialist experiments.
8 posted on 06/22/2003 10:14:17 AM PDT by Crusader21stCentury
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